Literary Terms (Part 2) Flashcards
when the narrator or a character in the story explicitly tells the readers what they need to know about a character
direct characterization
the formal name for a play
drama
an individual who changes, learns, and grows from his/her experience during the story
dynamic character
a poetic technique in which one line ends without a pause and must continue on to the next line to complete its meaning
enjambment
a long narrative poem written in elevated style that presents the adventures of characters of high position and episodes that are important to the history of a race or nation
epic
a sudden perception or moment of understanding that causes a character to change or act in a certain way
epiphany
the opening part of the plot that introduces the setting, characters, and conflict
exposition
a stuggle or problem originating outside a character, i.e. person vs. person, person vs nature, or person vs society
external conflict
a brief story that embodies a moral, often using animals as characters
fable
stories that include characters, settings, and/or events that were created in the imagination of the writer… if any of these three is invented, the entire story is deemed fiction.
fiction
language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.)
figurative language
a story told from the perspective of someone in the story using pronouns “I”, “me”, “my”, etc.
first-person point of view
the insertion of an earlier event into the normal chronological order of a narrative
flashback
a character who embodies a single quality and who does not develop in the course of a story
flat character
a character who contrasts with another character in order to highlight various features of characters’ personalities, throwing these characteristics into stark focus
foil
